Forgotten Irish backrow closing in on return to rugby after horror injury

Ireland and Leinster flanker Dan Leavy has given an update on his long road to recovery following a devastating knee injury last March.

The 25-year-old suffered the injury in Leinster’s Champions Cup quarter-final against Ulster, and has since had multiple operations on his anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. This subsequently ruled him out of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup campaign, but he is nearing a return to action.

Leavy recently shared on social media that he is back running again after ten months out, thanking his physio for the help he has received, saying he is “delighted with how the knee is feeling and really excited for what the next few months hold!”

"http://www.irishrugby.ie">Ireland shirt, and featured extensively in his country’s successful 2018, playing in every match of their Grand Slam campaign. Farrell and Leinster’s Leo Cullen will hope he regains the form he showed two years ago when he returns.

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